Improvement in saddles



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THOMAS K. PETERSON AND EDWARD C. EENNER, OE SAME Letters Patent/No. 100,894, dated Maa-0h15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

, Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I,- GEORGE Hon'rnn, of New Y Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a sidel elevation, and Figure- 2 is a. transverse section in the line a: x,

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The object held in view in making this invention was the production of a very cheap, and, at the same time, durable saddle, chiefly for use in districts of country like the southern and'south-western parts of the United States, where horseback riding is the chief means of locomotion, and where the inhabitant-s, many of whom are colored, are usuallypoor. To this end,

The invention consists iii a saddle whose skirt is. made of a trunk-board, pasteboard, o1" felt foundation, and a covering of enameled muslin, drill, duck, leather,

or hogskin, all which materials fulfil the necessary conditions of oheapness (as compared with leather the. usual material) and durability.

In the drawingsa is the foundation;

b, one c0m`plete,.and

c, another partial covering; and

(l, the binding.

The seat of the saddle is made of the ordinary material.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

A saddle-skirt made of a trunk-board, pasteboard, or felt foundation, and a covering of muslin, drill, duck, hog-skin, or other equivalent material, substantially described.

v GEORGE HORTER. Witnesses:

EDWIL TURNER,

l. CONN-ons. 

